University of Southern California Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
2011 Zonal Avenue
HMR 101
Los Angeles, California 90033
323-409-7995 (V)
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1 Position Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Cindy Lim (email)

Program Director: James Buxbaum MD MS (email)

Duration: 1 Year

Inclusive Dates of the Program: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Program Website: keck.usc.edu/gastrointestinal-liver-diseases-division/

Accepts applicants from outside of North America? Yes

Accepts applicants with J1 visas? Yes

Accepts applicants with H1B visas? Yes

Accepts applicants with E3 visas? Yes

Supervised Procedures

Procedure		 Faculty Involved in AEF Training Total Annual Volume Annual Volume with hands-on AEF Involvement
ERCP 7 948 948
EUS 6 986 986
Lower GI EMR 5 300 300
Esophagogastroduodenal EMR 5 170 170
Esophagogastroduodenal ablation (e.g., RFA) 5 150 150
Small bowel enteroscopy 6 120 120
ESD 2 75 75
Bariatric endoscopy 1 85 85
POEM 1 98 25

Unsupervised Trainee Activities

Procedure		 Value
General GI procedures (per year) 0
Inpatient service (weeks/year) 6
Ambulatory clinics (per year) 0
Committed time for research (days/month) 0

Program Reporting Summary

The ASGE Training Committee requested that each AEF program voluntarily submit an annual report summarizing their advanced endoscopy procedure volume. You can view the provided report below.

Requirements for Application

  1. Standard ASGE Application Packet
    • ASGE Application
    • Post-Undergraduate Education
    • USMLE Scores
    • Certification of Completion of Residency
      1. Prior to appointment in the advanced endoscopy fellowship, fellows should have completed a three-year ACGME-accredited gastroenterology fellowship
      2. Fellows from non-ACGME-accredited programs must have completed at least three years of gastroenterology education prior to starting the fellowship
    • Personal Statement
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • 3 Letters of Reference

Additional Information about Program

In the past 10 years, the USC Advanced Endoscopy program has emerged as leader in the western United States.

Therefore, the teaching environment and opportunities are the optimal setting to train Advanced Endoscopists. As less invasive endoscopic treatments for achalasia, GERD, pancreatitis, ductal stones, and early esophageal cancer to name a few have emerged the need to train endoscopists with the skills necessary to treat these problems is paramount.

At the University of Southern California Advanced Endoscopy Fellows have the unique opportunity to train in three geographically contiguous hospitals (Keck Medical Center of USC, Norris Cancer Center of USC, and the Los Angeles County Hospital) with diverse patient populations and procedural experiences.

Fellows will be trained intensively in complex ERCP (pancreatic and intraductal therapy), diagnostic and therapeutic EUS), double balloon enteroscopy, lower and upper endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), and Barrett's endotherapy. They will have substantive opportunity to perform gastric, esopahgeal and colonic endosocpic submucosal dissection (ESD) and per-oral myotomy (POEM). Additionally, they will engage in endoscopy based multicenter and single center randomized controlled trials, innovative prospective studies, meta-analyses, and projects developing cutting edge technology.

Faculty(specific interests) incluce Jacques Van Dam MD PhD (complex EUS, spectroscopy), Ara Sahakian MD (POEM, ESD, EMR, Bariatrics), James Buxbaum MD, MS (complex/intraductal ERCP, contrast EUS), Travis Piester MD (Pediatric advanced endoscopy), and Bruce Zweiban MD (complex stone management). A new faculty recruit starting in July 2021 bring additional Bariatrics experience and depth to the program.



Please Note: All data in this program description is entered on a voluntary basis